https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/97408/jewish/How-to-Apologize.htm
Friday, July 22, 2022
How to Apologize
Is It Too Late to Apologize?
https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/339510?lang=bi
Maimonides’ Four Steps to Apologizing
The most famous laws about apology come to us from the 12th century rabbi, philosopher, and physician Maimonides (1135-1204, Spain), or Rambam, one of the greatest Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. Maimonides wrote codes of law for the Jewish community, clarifying common Jewish practice and accepted standards of observance.
According to Maimonides, four of the most important steps of teshuvah (repentance) are the following:
Verbally confess your mistake and ask for forgiveness (Mishneh Torah 1:1).
Express sincere remorse, resolving not to make the same mistake again (Mishneh Torah 2:2).
Do everything in your power to “right the wrong,” to appease the person who has been hurt by your actions (Mishneh Torah 2:9).
Act differently if the same situation happens again (Mishneh Torah 2:1).
Stolen Innocence - Rabbi Baruch Lanner, the charismatic magnet of NCSY, was revered in the Orthodox Union youth group, despite longtime reports of abuse of teens. By Gary Rosenblatt
Baruch Lanner is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant, dynamic and charismatic educators in Jewish life today. As director of regions of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth, an arm of the Orthodox Union, the 50-year-old rabbi has been working with and supervising teenagers for more than three decades. He has also been a principal and teacher in yeshiva high schools in New Jersey, and for many years has led a highly successful six-week NCSY summer kollel program in Israel offering Torah study to up to 300 American boys. But even while he is credited with bringing hundreds, perhaps thousands, of youngsters closer to Judaism, reports have continued to circulate that he has harassed, if not abused, many scores of teens sexually, physically and/or emotionally, from the early 1970s to the present. Though Rabbi Lanner's erratic behavior has long been an open secret in some Orthodox circles, for the first time more than a dozen former NCSYers and others have come forward publicly over a three month period, telling their stories to The Jewish Week. They described in detail firsthand experiences, including Rabbi Lanner's alleged kissing and fondling scores of teenage girls in the 1970s and '80s, repeatedly kicking boys in the groin, and reports of taking a knife to a young man in 1987, and propositioning girls in 1997 at the yeshiva high school where he was principal for 15 years.
Seven stunning moments from the Jan. 6 hearing
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3570046-seven-stunning-moments-from-the-jan-6-hearing/
Video of Josh Hawley Running Away From Capitol Mob Sparks Mockery and Memes
https://www.newsweek.com/video-josh-hawley-running-capitol-mob-memes-1726994
January 6 suspects' D.C. jail complaints are hypocritical, but they're not wrong
The Crisis at the D.C. Jail Began Decades Before Jan. 6 Defendants Started Raising Concerns
https://time.com/6137882/dc-jail-conditions-january-6/
Trump watched Fox News for hours, ‘chose’ not to act, panel hears
First US case of polio in nearly a decade is an Orthodox Jewish man
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-712800
Takeaways from the January 6 hearings day 8
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/21/politics/january-6-hearing-day-8-takeaways/index.html
In a D.C. jail, Jan. 6 defendants awaiting trial are forming bitter factions
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/14/1092580753/capitol-riot-january-6-insurrection-defendants
Capitol rioters’ tears, remorse don’t spare them from jail
https://thehill.com/homenews/wire/587893-capitol-rioters-tears-remorse-dont-spare-them-from-jail/
James Murray's Trump Ties Face Scrutiny Over Deleted Secret Service Texts
https://www.newsweek.com/secret-service-james-murray-trump-ties-texts-1726581
רוצה טלפון? תן גט: הסנקציה שהבהילה את הסרבן
https://www.kan.org.il/item/?itemId=131330
סרבן גט הסכים להתגרש מאשתו אחרי שבית הדין דרש ממנו למסור את מכשיר הטלפון הנייד שלו לשבוע. הסנקציה הוטלה עליו כי המשיך הקליט את הדיונים למרות שהובהר לו שחל על כך איסור